SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION REGARDING INDIAN POPULAR 

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 

CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION REGARDING INDIAN POPULAR 

NAMES 



This bureau is in receipt of numerous requests for Indian names 
suitable for use by Camp Fire Girls and as camp names, and often for 
the translation into one or more of the many Indian languages of 
English expressions involving concepts wholly foreign to the Indian 
mode of thought. It is impossible for the bureau to devote the 
time and to meet the expense of special research incident to questions 
of this kind. 

Appended is a selection of simplified Indian names designed to 
meet most of the requests received. The pronunciation of these 
names is as follows: a as in father; a as in law; e as a in hate; i as 
in machine; ai as in aisle; u as in rule. Short vowels are indicated 
in the customary manner (a, e, i, 6, u) ; n. is nasalized, as in drink. 
The consonants are as in English. 

PERSONAL NAMES 



DAKOTA (SIOUX) 



Chumani D e wdrops . 

Chantey ukan. Benevolent. 

Chapa Beaver. 

ChanteWta To be firm of heart. 

Akikta One who works with de- 
termination. 

Macha The aurora. 

Kimlmela The butterfly. 

Tafikaku Her younger sister. 

Wozhupiwi The planting moon 

(May). 

Woksapiwi The harvest moon (Au- 
gust). 



Wlshtecha Modest . 

Wakichonze. . . .A leader. 

Wafiyecha Firefly. 

Wichaka To be true. 

Wa Snow. 

Zitkala Little bird. 

Zonta Trustworthy . 

Wakapa To excel. 

Wapika Skillful. 

Waklnyela Dove. 

Woape Hope. 

Wowashi A worker. 

Mahplyato Blue cloud. 



OMAHA 



Mftena The coming moon. 

Mlgina Fairy woman . 

Mlhewi Sun woman. 

Taini The coming new mooD. 

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Tadewi Wind woman. 

Taigi The returning 

woman. 



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Iniabi . 



Misae. 



.Refers to the 
which all 
pends. 

.The white sun. 



Wawa Little girl. 

06yu Rainbow. 

Yim6yam Bright . 

Alkas She is afraid. 

Nehewftsin Pretty. 

Mftsis Wise. 



Kokatosi Star. 

Nit una My daughter. 



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sun, on Nfabi. Fawn ("One that is 

life de- spared by the 

hunter"). 

Mma Elder sister. 

Wihe Younger sister. 

COOS 

Yoomee Star. 

Aleshanee She plays all the time. 

Towayam Beloved by all, lovable. 

Heeneekis Equal to any. 

Tkalis Sun. 

Hayoohaina She is very active. 

BLACKFOOT 



Aponi Butterfly. 

Kiniks Rosebud. 



DELAWARE 



Cholena Bird. 

Chimalus Blueb ird . 

Oholentit Little bird. 



Zelozelos Cricket. 

Woatawes Flower. 

Minal Fruit. 



CHEYENNE 



Istas Snow. 

Otokson Little stars. 

Viho .Chief. 

Woiviho Cloud chief. 



Ioviano Yellow hawk. 

Nakashgonam . . . My child . 

Hoimani Lawmaker. 

Ihikona Industrious worker. 



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Ayunli First in the dance, 

dance leader. 

Kamama Butterfly . 

Nakwisi Star. 

Adsila Blossom. 

Ayfta Worker. 

Gatayahi Jealous one. 

Galilahi Amiable, gentle, attrac- 
tive. 

Gatitla They run to her. 



Gahistiski Peacemaker. 

Sinasta .Expert. 

Salali Squirrel. 

Sala/linita Young squirrel. 

Awinita Young deer. 

Tayanita Young beaver. 

Yana Bear. 

Inali Black fox. 

Nuildayeli Midday sun. 

Tsungani Excels all others. 



SENECA 



Dewen / dons It swings . 

Gaonya / was It shakes the sky. 

GajYjens Its flowers fall. 

Gahadr'yas It crosses the forest. 

Ganonwi / yas It crosses the swamp. 

Saiyen^u Lost again in mist. 

Yanenowi She guards the corn. 

Gonwasgon / gwen.She took one from the 
water. 



Ogofiwage^on Along the hillside. 

Awe^gon Nothing but flowers. 

Awei / non Moving flowers. 

Awende^ . . .Early day. 

GaguyewakTion . .It awakens them. 

Gaha / dihse It drags the forest. 

Ganonkwenon She is alert. 



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CHIPPEWA (OJIBWA) 



Swangideed Brave, courageous. 

Memengwa Butterfly. 

Chamaniked Canoe maker. 

Ogima Chief. 

Ogimawiwin Chieftainship . 

Namid Dancer. 

Odanisima Daughter. 

Bidaban It begins to dawn. 

Enabandang Dreamer. 

Migisi Eagle. • 



Wabanang Eastern star (Morning 

star) . 

Inawendiwin. . . .Friendship. 
Nitagewinini . . . .Good hunter. 
Makisinikewinini. Moccasin maker. 

Wawinges Skillful . 

Wabaningosi Snowbird . 

Anang Star. 

Songitehe Strong-hearted. 



CAMP NAMES 

CHEROKEE 

Adahi In the woods; forest place. 

Talahi In the oaks; oak forest. 

Natslhi In the pines. 

Tsiskwahi Bird place. 

Amaiyulti Water side; near the water. 

Tahigwa At peace. 

Saluyi In the thicket. 

Inagei In the wilderness. 

Watuhiyi . Beautiful place. 

Gatusi In the mountain. 

Ahaluna Lookout place. 

Unaliyi Place of friends. 

Unilawisti Council place. 

Gatiyi Town house (tribal dance and council house). 

Akwenasa My home. 

Amadahi .Forest water. 

Ayeliyu adahi In the heart (middle) of the woods. 

Untalulti On the bank of the lake. 

Elitsehi Green meadow; verdant fields. 

Ustanali Rock ledge. 

N itaudeliga Sunset. 

T lahi B ear place . 

v* hilfyi Eagle place. 

Kultsa/te untalulti House by the lake. 

'^.ltsa/te adahi House in the woods. 



IROQUOIS 



Wiskwaha ) „ , , ^ 

„ , >Camp, temporary shelter. 

Aanosera J 

Kahagon In the forest. 

Otahnagon In the pine woods. 

CHIPPEWA 

Chickagami By the lake. 

Wasabinang Outlook, at the place of looking. 

Nisatin At the foot of the mountain. 

Minltik Island, one covered with trees. 



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Wakitatina On the hilltop. 

Anokiwaki Hunting-ground . 

Pikwatina Hill or mountain. 

Anwebewin Rest, quietness. 

Gabeshiwin, nib e win Camp. 

Ningabesh I camp. 

Ogimawigamig In the chief's lodge. 

Nawakwa In the middle of the forest. 

Chigakwa . Near the forest. 

Wigiwam Lodge. 

Wanagekogamig Lodge of cedar-bark. 

Wigwasiwigamig Lodge of birch-bark. 

Wakaigan Log house. 

Manakiki. .-. Maple forest. 

Ininatig Maple tree . 

Miskwawak Red cedar. 

Mishkwawakokang In a place where there are red cedars. 

Agaming On the shore. 

Mitigwaki Woods (forest). 

Mitigwaking In the woods. 

Nopiming In a forest . 

MISCELLANEOUS CAMP AND CLUB NAMES 

Language. Name. Meaning. 

Arikara Akanu Lodge . 

Crow Ashe Lodge . 

rAwi Lodge. 

^ \Naiset Sunset . 

Mohawk jJonlto otara Beaver club or society. 

lOtyokwa A group or body of persons forming a single 

. fellowship. 

Miami ' fAssandawi Place of sunshine. 

iTapawmgo. .. .Place of joy. 

Huron Katinonk wat Heart ' s desire . 

Chippewa Amikwa-ododem Beaver club or society. 

Cheyenne Ninovan Our home. 

The bureau is also in constant receipt of requests for titles of books 
on Indian folk-tales and myths. To meet this demand, the following 
list of a few of the published writings on the subject is given: 



BOOKS ON FOLK-LORE, MYTHS, AND LEGENDS 

Canfield, W. W Legends of the Iroquois. New York, A. Wessels Co., 1902. 

Chapman, J. W Tenia Texts and Tales from Anvik, Alaska, with Vocabulary by 

P. E. Goddard. Leyden, Holland, E. J. Brill, 1914. (Publi- 
cations of the American Ethnological Society of New York, 
Vol. 6.) 

Chicago Folk-Lore The Folk-Lorist, Vol. I, No. 1, Chicago, the Chicago Folk-Lore 
Society. Society, 1892. 

Compton, M The American Indian Fairy Tales. New York, Dodd, Mead & 

Co., 1907. 

Cushing, F. H Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths. Washington, 1896. (Thir- 
teenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.) 
/ A? \/J Zuni Folk Tales. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. 



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Curtin, J Myths of the Modocs. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1912. 

Creation Myths of Primitive America. Boston, Little, Brown & 
Co., 1898. 

Curtis, E. S The North American Indian. New York, 1907-1915. (The 10 

volumes of this work thus far published may be consulted in 
the more important libraries.) 

Dixon, R, B Maidu Texts. Leyden, Holland, E. J. Brill, 1912. (Publica- 
tions of the American Ethnological Society of New York, 
Vol 4.) 

Dorsey, G. A Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & 

Co., 1904. (Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society, 
Vol. 8.) 

Dorsey, J. 0., and Dictionary of Biloxi and Ofo Languages. Washington, 1912. 
Swanton, J. R. (Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 47.) 

Gordon, H. L Legends of the Northwest. St. Paul Book & Stationery Co., 1881 . 

Grinnell, G. B Blackfoot Lodge Tales. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1892. 

Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales. New York, Forest and 

Stream Publishing Co., 1889. 
Punishment of the Stingy and other Indian Stories. New York, 
Harper & Brothers, 1901. 

Goddard, P. E '.Jicarilla Apache Texts. New York, 1911. (Anthropological 

Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 8.) 

Hewitt, J. N. B Iroquoian Cosmology. Washington, 1904. (Twenty-first An- 
nual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.) 

Hopkins, W. J The Indian Book. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1911. 

Judd, M. C Wigwam Stories. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1901. 

Judson, K. B Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest. Chi- 



cago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1912. 
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest. Chicago, A. C. 

McClurg & Co., 1912. 
Myths and Legends of Alaska. Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 

1911. 

Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great 
Lakes. Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1914. 



Leland, C. G Algonquin Legends of New England. Boston, Houghton, 

Mifflin & Co., 1884. 

Leland, C. G., and Kuloskap the Master. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1902. 
Prince, J. D. 

Lloyd, W. J Aw-aw-tam Indian Nights. Westfield, N. J., The Lloyd Group, 

1911. 

Lummis, C . F Man who Married the Moon. New York, The Century Co. [1902]. 

New Mexico David. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1891. 

Matthews, W Navaho Legends. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897. 

'(Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society, Vol. 5.) 

Merriam, C. Hart... .Dawn of the World. Myths and Weird Tales told by the Me wan 
Indians of California. Cleveland, A. C. Clark Co., 1910. 

Mooney, J Myths of the Cherokee. Washington, 1902. (Nineteenth An- 
nual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.) 

North American Indian Fairy Tales. London, Gibbings & Co., 1905. 

Owen, Mary A Folk-lore of the Musquakie Indians of North America. London, 

David Nutt, 1904. 

Phillips, W. S Totem Tales. Chicago, Star Publishing Co., 1896. 

Rand, S. T Legends of the Micmacs. New York, Longmans, Green & Co., 

1894/ 



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Rink, H Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo. Edinburgh, Wm. Black- m\ 

wood & Sons, 1875. 

Simms, S. C Traditions of the Crow. Chicago, 1903. (Field Museum of Natu- ijf ' 

ral History, Anthropological Series, Vol. 2, No. 6.) 

Smith, B. H Yosemite Legends. San Francisco, P. Elder & Co., 1904. 

Smith, E. A Myths of the Iroquois. Washington, 1883. (Second Annual m 

Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.) 

Spence, L Myths of the North American Indians. London, G. G. Harrap & < 

Co., 1914. 

Stevenson, M. C. . . .Zufii Indians, their Mythology, Esoteric Fraternities and Cere- S 
monies. Washington, 1905. (Twenty-third Annual Report of V 
the Bureau of American Ethnology.) 

Swanton, J. R Tlingit Myths and Texts. Washington, 1909. (Bureau of Amer- , J| 

ican Ethnology, Bulletin 39.) 

Wilson, G. L Myths of the'Red Children. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1907. 

Young, E. R. . . . . . .Algonquin Indian Tales. New York, Eaton & Mains, 1903. 

Zitkla-Sa Old Indian Legends. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1904. 

Consult also the Journal of American Folk-Lore, 1888-1914, Boston and New York, 
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 

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